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Re: eBAy: Captured german planes

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Originally Posted by Snautzer (Post 284541)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/WWII-Aircra...4AAOSwItFea~Ow

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/a44AA...Ow/s-l1600.jpg

Bf 109 G-6/Trop W.Nr. 16 416 "Weisse 9", 4./JG 77, Soliman, Tunisia, May 1943.

Cheers
Marc

Re: eBAy: Captured german planes

This Me 262 appears to be 170312. Later sent to USA for parts.

Re: eBAy: Captured german planes

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snautzer (Post 284589)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/WWII-Aircra...MAAOSwNmhebT9D

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/7GMAA...9D/s-l1600.jpg

Me 262 WNr170312 of KG(J)51 if I'm not mistaken.

Re: eBAy: Captured german planes

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Originally Posted by Dan O'Connell (Post 284591)

This Me 262 appears to be 170312. Later sent to USA for parts.

Just beaten me to it, Dan. :rolleyes:

Re: eBAy: Captured german planes

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Originally Posted by RudiS (Post 284592)

Me 262 WNr170312 of KG(J)51 if I'm not mistaken.

You are, slightly! It’s plain KG 51, they never Became a KG(J) when the many conventional bomber units were renamed in autumn 1944.

Re: eBAy: Captured german planes

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick Beale (Post 284601)

You are, slightly! It’s plain KG 51, they never Became a KG(J) when the many conventional bomber units were renamed in autumn 1944.

You're quite right. My mistake.

Re: eBAy: Captured german planes

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Originally Posted by RudiS (Post 284663)

https://hwlfuw.bn.files.1drv.com/y4m...&cropmode=none

https://www.ebay.com/itm/WWII-LUFTWA...4AAOSwc1BebTKn

Location is Neubiberg, as evidenced by Bf 109 G-10 W.Nr. 610 783 "Schwarze 21", 7./JG 52, to be seen in the background.

Cheers
Marc

Re: eBAy: Captured german planes

Posts #3261, #3262, #3263 and #3265 – Once again I risk sounding like a broken record, however, these photos were all taken by Merle C. Olmsted of the 357th FG. Also, these are certainly copies of prints made from his original negatives, and they are not “A PERIOD ORIGINAL BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPH.”NOTE: my rant is in no way aimed at RudiS and Marc and the dedicated work that they perform for us daily.
Respectfully,
Steve Sheflin

Re: eBAy: Captured german planes

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Originally Posted by S Sheflin (Post 284688)

Thanks for your highly appreciated informations, Steve.

Cheers
Narc

Re: eBAy: Captured german planes

Re: Post 3265. I see a black swastika with outline, and on the other plane, an outline only swastika. Was this indicative of anything?

TIA,
Ed

Re: eBAy: Captured german planes

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Originally Posted by edwest2 (Post 284712)

Re: Post 3265. I see a black swastika with outline, and on the other plane, an outline only swastika. Was this indicative of anything?

TIA,
Ed

Hi Ed,
only of differing manufacturers (or even differing batches by the same manufacturer (Arado) in this case)
Cheers,
Chris

Re: eBAy: Captured german planes

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Originally Posted by Snautzer (Post 284708)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/WWII-PHOTO-...cAAOSwkMNeb6Go

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ULcAA...Go/s-l1600.jpg

This is possiby Erla built Bf 109 G-14 W.Nr. 46x xxx "Gelbe 12", unit unknown, captured at Kassel-Rothwesten on 21 April 1945. As illustrated by those other - fortunately - much sharper photos, "Gelbe 12" was fully repainted in olive drab sometimes during Summer 1945:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/280920...7631640854399/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/280920...7631640854399/

Cheers
Marc

Re: eBAy: Captured german planes

BTW, is there any story or knowledge about this Bf 109 in the Stalingrad rubble (post #3274)? This plane was photographed quite often and is has obviously been repainted by its captors. I am also not sure it ended up in its resting place "naturally" so it might have been placed there intentionally - but why? For some photo op? As a monument of some kind?

Re: eBAy: Captured german planes

Not captured Rudi

This is a French built Ju 188E-2 No 3 and photographed sometime in between its first flight 26 Feb 1946 and its passing to 10S on 28 Oct 1946.
Oddly enough it was not accepted by the French Navy until 25 Oct.

Cheers
Stig